Forest ‘encounter’: sign of changing times
Ultimately what got Malik Ishaq, the doyen of Pakistan’s sectarian terrorists, was not his commitment to violence but his failure to read the shift in the national landscape. He got…
India’s ‘forest of living languages’ grows to 880
A staggering 880 languages are spoken in India, a four-year survey will show Thursday, in the first comprehensive study since the 19th century. This major increase from the 122 languages…
NDC 3.0 must deliver
The newly submitted NDC 3.0 by Pakistan to the UNFCCC exhibits a robust commitment to climate action, marked by its exclusivity, associated costs, & quantifiable nature. It aims for a…
A costly COP
Scientists have warned that “global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected”, with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off as the first ‘tipping point’ in…
Developing provincial NDCs
PAKISTAN presented its first Nationally Determined Contributions in 2016, updating it in 2021 and most recently submitting NDC 3.0 last month. The latest asks for $565.7 billion in climate finance.…
From rhetoric to resilience
As the world makes for COP30 in Belem, Brazil, hopes are rising. The conference promises to accelerate climate action and implementation through six thematic pillars incudes energy, industry and transport;…
The carbon rainbow we can’t ignore
Understanding the power and limitations of carbon sinks is essential for developing effective climate strategies. In the context of Pakistan’s growing climate vulnerability, leveraging these natural systems is not only…
Tourism’s test of resilience
Resilience has become the defining test for Pakistan’s travel and tourism industry. Each monsoon season, as rivers swell and valleys brace for floods and landslides, the sector confronts the realities…
Reviving the rural economy
THE recent floods have resulted in misery, displacement, death, loss of property and livestock, crop destruction and damage to infrastructure. While the total losses are yet to be calculated, it…
When cinema had a conscience
When Robert Redford passed away, the world lost more than an actor, director and Hollywood legend. It lost a conscience that, for over six decades, insisted that cinema could do…
